the cambridge history of BRITISH THEATRE ∗ volume 2 1660to1895 Volume2ofTheCambridgeHistoryofBritishTheatrebeginsin1660 withtherestorationofKingCharlesIItothethroneandthere- establishmentoftheprofessionaltheatre,interdictedsince1642, andfollowsthefar-reachingdevelopmentoftheformovertwo centuriesandmoreto1895.Descriptionsofthetheatres,actors and actresses, acting companies, dramatists and dramatic gen- resovertheperiodareaugmentedbyaccountsoftheaudiences, politicsandmorality,scenography,provincialtheatre,theatrical legislation,thelong-drawn-outcompetitionofmajorandminor theatres,andtheultimaterevocationofthetheatricalmonopoly ofDruryLaneandCoventGarden,initiatinganewera.Chapters ontworepresentativeyears,1776and1895,arecomplementedby chaptersontwophenomenalproductions,TheBeggar’sOperaand TheBells,aswellasbystudiesofpopulartheatre,includingmusic hall,sexualityontheVictorianstageandothersocialandcultural contexts,andtheappearanceofnewdeparturesindramaticart andthefirstglimmeringsofmodernism. Joseph DonohueisProfessorofEnglishattheUniversityofMass- achusetts,Amherst.Heistheauthorofbooksandarticlesonthe BritishandIrishtheatreanddrama,includingDramaticCharacterin theEnglishRomanticAge(1970),TheatreintheAgeofKean(1975),‘The LondonTheatreattheEndoftheEighteenthCentury’(1980),and ‘Distance,DeathandDesireinSalome’(1997).Heistheeditor,with RuthBerggren,ofOscarWilde’sTheImportanceofBeingEarnest:A ReconstructiveCriticalEditionoftheTextoftheFirstProduction,StJames’s Theatre,London,(1995). Cambridge Histories Online © Cambridge University Press, 2008 Cambridge Histories Online © Cambridge University Press, 2008 the cambridge history of BRITISH THEATRE GeneralEditor PeterThomson,UniversityofExeter TheCambridgeHistoryofBritishTheatreprovidesauniquelyauthor- itativeaccountoftheturbulentandoftentroublesomepubliclife ofperformanceinBritain.Whilstmakingfulluseofnewresearch inasubjectthatisatthecentreofcurrentconcern,theessaysare designedforthegeneralreaderaswellasforthespecialist.Each volumeisfullyillustrated.Together,theyofferacomprehensive andcomprehensiblehistoryoftheatre,ofwhichplaysareapart butbynomeansthewhole. 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Cambridge Histories Online © Cambridge University Press, 2008 Contents Listofillustrations x Notesoncontributors xii Generalpreface xvi Acknowledgments xvii Chronology xix part i 1660to 1800 1.Introduction:thetheatrefrom1660to1800  joseph donohue 2.Theatresandrepertory  robert d. hume 3.Theatreandthefemalepresence  joanne lafler 4.Theatre,politicsandmorality  derek hughes 5.Theatrecompaniesandregulation  judith milhous 6.TheBeggar’sOpera:acasestudy  calhoun winton vii Cambridge Histories Online © Cambridge University Press, 2008 Contents 7.GarrickatDruryLane,1747–1776  mark s. auburn 8.TheatreoutsideLondon,1660–1775  go¨rel garlick 9.1776:acriticalyearinperspective  edward a. langhans 10.Thetheatricalrevolution,1776–1843  jane moody part ii 1800to 1895 11.Introduction:thetheatrefrom1800to1895  joseph donohue 12.Presence,personalityandphysicality:actorsandtheirrepertoires, 1776–1895  jim davis 13.Theatres,theirarchitectureandtheiraudiences  joseph donohue 14.StagedesignfromLoutherbourgtoPoel  christopher baugh 15.Theatreandmid-Victoriansociety,1851–1870  richard w. schoch 16.GenderingVictoriantheatre  kerry powell 17.Popularentertainment,1776–1895  dave russell viii Cambridge Histories Online © Cambridge University Press, 2008 Contents 18.TheBells:acasestudy; A‘bare-ribbedskeleton’inachest  david mayer 19.Thenewdramaandtheoldtheatre  peter thomson 20.1895:acriticalyearinperspective  joel kaplan Bibliography  Index  ix Cambridge Histories Online © Cambridge University Press, 2008